Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel (Excerpt)
January 7, 2016 | By Grove Atlantic | Impressions: 458 |
Category: Literary
The extraordinary new novel from award-winning author Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean is a heartrending story of one woman’s devotion to her death row–convicted brother and her journey away from a painful past
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